Tix On Sale June 16 for Broadway's Big Fish, With Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin

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16 Jun 2013

Kate Baldwin and Norbert Leo Butz

Photo by Paul Kolnik

Tickets for the new Broadway musical Big Fish, featuring Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin, go on sale to the general public June 16. Previews at the Neil Simon Theatre will begin Sept. 5.

Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (866) 870-2717.

The world premiere of the new musical, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, concluded its pre-Broadway engagement May 5 in Chicago. Performances began April 2, prior to an official opening April 19, at the Oriental Theatre. Opening night on Broadway is set for Oct. 6.

Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact, Show Boat, Crazy for You), the work features music and lyrics by Grammy and Tony nominee Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) with a book by Grammy and BAFTA Award nominee August.

Click here for audio tracks from Big Fish that feature Butz and Baldwin.

Also in the cast are Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert (Ragtime, Off-Broadway's Giant) as Will Bloom, Krystal Joy Brown (Leap of Faith, Hair) as Josephine Bloom and Zachary Unger (Chaplin) and Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins) alternating in the role of Young Will with Ryan Andes (The Red Box at SoHo Rep), Ben Crawford (Shrek, Les Misérables), J. C. Montgomery (The Scottsboro Boys, The Color Purple), Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers, Nice Work If You Can Get It), Kirsten Scott (Follies, Hairspray) and Sarrah Strimel (Rock of Ages, Young Frankenstein).

"A rollicking fantasy set in the American South," Big Fish, according to press notes, "centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom (Butz), whose impossible stories of his epic adventures frustrate his son Will (Steggert). As Edward's final chapter approaches, Will embarks on his own journey to find out who his father really is, revealing the man behind the myth, the truth from the tall tales."

"Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions" was first printed in 1998. In December 2003 an acclaimed film of "Big Fish" was released by Columbia Pictures directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and Helena Bonham Carter. The film was nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, four Golden Globe Awards and seven BAFTA Awards.